blanch with (an emotion)

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blanch with (an emotion)

To become visibly pale as a result of feeling a particular emotion. All of my friends ran into the creepy haunted house, but I blanched with fear when I saw it.Stella blanched with disgust at the plate of cooked ants that had been set before her.

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